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STRAIGHTEN OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change for the better
Example:
the habitual cheater finally saw the light
Synonyms:
reform; see the light; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)
Verb group:
reclaim; rectify; reform; regenerate (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Settle or put right
Example:
we need to iron out our disagreements
Synonyms:
iron out; put right; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Put (things or places) in order
Example:
Tidy up your room!
Synonyms:
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
order (bring order to or into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):
make; make up (put in order or neaten)
clean; clean house; houseclean (clean and tidy up the house)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Example:
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Synonyms:
clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Make straight
Synonyms:
straighten; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):
untwist (cause to become untwisted)
unbend (free from flexure)
extend (open or straighten out; unbend)
channelise; channelize (cause to form a channel)
untwine (undo what has been twined together)
unweave (undo strands that have been woven together)
comb (straighten with a comb)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Extricate from entanglement
Example:
Can you disentangle the cord?
Synonyms:
disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
order (bring order to or into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):
loosen; tease; tease apart (disentangle and raise the fibers of)
ravel; ravel out; unravel (disentangle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They straighten out their hair
